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Dr. Taylor serves as the director and endowed professor of Cardiovascular Research
Institute (CVRI).

In this role, Dr. Taylor is responsible for providing leadership to advance CVRI into
a more viable,robust research-intensive entity, which will maximize its contributions
to the educational, research and clinical initiatives of MSM. Under his leadership,
CVRI will continue to examine ways to eliminate cardiovascular health disparities
in Georgia while serving as a model to the nation.

Dr. Taylor is a nationally-recognized cardiologist leader with broad experience and
success in key areas including invasive practice/research. Over the last decade he
has focused predominantly on preventive cardiology and leadership of the landmark
Jackson Heart Study (JHS) and ancillary observational research projects. Dr. Taylor
was appointed in 1999 as the Principal Investigator and Director of the Jackson Heart
Study, the largest epidemiological study of African Americans and cardiovascular disease
of its kind ever undertaken.Since assuming that role he has held three simultaneous
positions with the institutions funded by the NIH to administer the Study: Professor
of Medicine and an attending cardiologist (and the inaugural holder of the Aaron Shirley
Endowed Chair for the Study of Health Disparities) at University of Mississippi Medical
Center; Visiting Professor of Biology in the Division of Natural Sciences at Tougaloo
College; and, Clinical Professor of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine at Jackson
State University.